Comparison of the dynamic cone penetrometer with other tests during subgrade and granular base characterization in Minnesota

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1375, 1999, Pages 175-188

  Siekmeier, John A ^a   Young, Duane ^a   Beberg, David ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

DCP; Granular base; Loadman; Mechanistic; Modulus; Specifications; Stiffness; Subgrade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010642374     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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